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Willings, David – 1985
Problems and issues in career education and career search for gifted and talented children are examined. The special problems of gifted and talented students in this area are noted, including early readiness for career search and restrictiveness of the career search process for multitalented students. Problems in the career choice process are…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Willings, David – 1981
The author discusses problems of career choice and career development for all students and for gifted and talented students in particular. He reports on a followup study of 20 gifted students. Reasons for unsatisfactory career choices include false images of the job and hidden factors associated with the job. Gifted employees face numerous…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
Willings, David – Gifted Education International, 1987
The article identifies five modes of thinking--defensive, productive, adaptive, elaborative, and developmental. Case studies of artistic, creative writing illustrate the modes. A writing program designed to identify and develop these thinking modes is described. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewed
Willings, David – Roeper Review, 1985
The article describes the Creative Inventory, a means of finding out the conditions under which creative potential is liberated. Exercises to discover these conditions are described and it is suggested that they can be beneficial for older children. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Peer reviewed
Willings, David – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1983
Problems associated with career choice and development and unique pressures on gifted students are considered, along with suggestions for addressing these problems. The following problems may be encountered by the gifted: fear of failure, manager's resentment of the gifted person's ability, and frequent job changes in search of challenge and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, High Achievement
Peer reviewed
Willings, David – Roeper Review, 1983
Gifted students can perform a variety of roles in groups, and it is important for career choice and satisfaction that the role chosen be a natural one. Gifted students may function best and contribute most in the role of exemplar or eccentric rather than in more traditionally conceived leadership roles. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Group Dynamics, Leadership
Peer reviewed
Willings, David – Roeper Review, 1998
Describes the one-to-one integrated tutoring and therapy offered to gifted underachievers at a learning clinic in the United Kingdom. The approach centers on respect for the self and focuses on strengths rather than weaknesses. Case studies illustrate the counseling philosophies, procedures, and strategies. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Willings, David; Greenwood, Bill – Gifted Education International, 1993
This article considers the destructive effects of cynicism on creativity in gifted and talented students. It describes the use of a fictional character who responds to everything positive with an excessively cynical remark, to demonstrate to students the value of a more positive attitude. (DB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Willings, David; Greenwood, Bill – Gifted Education International, 1990
A program of intervention called therapeutic tutoring to help underachievers is described. Intervention centers around students' loci of control, through a process of identifying areas in which students feel empowered and relating academic experiences to these areas. Academic exercises based on Monopoly, cricket, rugby, soap operas, field hockey,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Individual Power
Willings, David; Chamberlain, Nicholas J. – Gifted Education International, 1992
A double procedure for meetings is proposed: one dealing with general administrative matters and the other with "free association of ideas" to solve problems. Examples of problem solving by mentors of gifted underachievers illustrate the approach. (DB)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Creative Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education